Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

From any experience I have ever had of talking to surgeons, they want to be in theatre as much as possible.

I heard the frustration this morning of getting perhaps one day per week and dealing with one case when the same people could, if they had the opportunity, deal with half a dozen cases on a Saturday afternoon. We can understand the frustration arising from that.